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Wednesday, November 03, 2021

ASU Online master's students experience a full week in Washington, DC

On Oct. 18–22, the inaugural class of students from the Online Master of Arts in International Affairs and Leadership program at Arizona State University traveled to Washington, D.C., for a week’s worth of immersive training and activities. Students of the ASU Online master’s program, offered by the School of Politics and Global Studies , have the option of two separate intensive in-person experiences in Washington, D.C., over the course of the program, allowing them direct access to the...

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

State Department awards $2.6M grant to ASU to advance transitional justice in Ukraine, South Sudan

The U.S. Department of State Office of Global Criminal Justice (GCJ) has awarded Arizona State University a $2.6 million grant — one of the largest ever issued by the office — to implement a three-year project advancing transitional justice in Ukraine and South Sudan. It will be led by former U.S. Ambassador Clint Williamson , distinguished professor of practice at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at ASU and senior director for the International Rule of Law, Governance and Security...

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

The effects of UFO sightings on national security

Until a few years ago, UFOs were traditionally treated as something far-fetched and relegated to the fringes. Any talk of them was usually linked to questions about ancient aliens, abductions, or who made the pyramids and crop circles. However, in the past few years, segments about UFOs have aired on primetime news and flying saucers have appeared in front-page stories published by The New York Times. So, what happened in the last few years to bring these kinds of stories back to mainstream...

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Charting a future with COVID-19

President Joe Biden recently signed an executive order mandating that all employers with more than 100 workers require them to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or test for the virus weekly, and that workers at certain health facilities will have to be fully vaccinated. On the other side of the Atlantic, France is requiring proof of vaccination to access public spaces. With the coronavirus pandemic not showing any signs of slowing down as the world prepares to ring in 2022, many countries are...

Monday, September 27, 2021

Congress' role in national security

The Constitution divides responsibility for the country’s national security between the executive and legislative branches, and the balance of power between the two branches has ebbed and flowed throughout American history. Ryan Shaw , managing director of strategic initiatives and senior university adviser at Arizona State University, spoke recently with U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona on the role of Congress in national security, both in the past and in the future, during the Future Security...

Monday, September 27, 2021

Future Security Forum reflects on the past 20 years of US security policy, what the future might bring

Arizona State University and New America recently co-hosted the seventh annual Future Security Forum. The event, taking place just after the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, reflected on the past 20 years of U.S. security policy and charted the next 20 years of national and international security trends. The forum is the premier annual event of the Future Security project — a research, education, and policy partnership between ASU and New America that develops new models and examples for...

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Building infrastructure for the future beyond traditional systems

The United States is preparing to spend $1 trillion on repairing and upgrading the country’s infrastructure. This would be the largest federal investment in infrastructure projects in more than a decade, with the bulk of the spending focused on transportation, utilities and pollution cleanup. There will be improvements to traditional systems, including transportation networks and energy grids, but the proposed federal funding will also go toward improving the nation’s climate resilience and...

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

PolitiFact partners with ASU, expands footprint in heart of nation’s capital

The Poynter Institute’s PolitiFact will move its offices to Arizona State University’s location in the heart of Washington, D.C., in a unique collaboration that will expand training in fact-checking journalism, create a new website to fact-check Arizona politicians and grow Poynter’s teaching footprint in the nation’s capital. The Pulitzer Prize-winning digital fact-checking organization has long been rating the accuracy and claims of elected officials from Washington offices on Connecticut...

Friday, August 06, 2021

Trans-Atlantic alliances: Addressing challenges together

Former U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May recently joined former U.S. Defense Secretary and inaugural John S. McCain Distinguished Fellow Mark Esper to discuss all things related to the trans-Atlantic alliance as the second installment of the “Conversations With Secretary Esper” series organized by the McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University . “President Joe Biden's first trip to Europe as president of the United States was a packed and busy agenda with a lot...

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